Attachment for desk-telephones.



No. 818,602. Y PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. J. G. BELDBN A. BEUTLER'.ATTACHMENT FOR DESK TELEPHONES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1904.

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No. 818,602. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

J. O. BELDEN & A. BEUTL ER. ATTACHMENT FOR DESK TELEPHONES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1904.

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UNITED s'raa ns PATENT omucn.

JOSEPH U. BELDEN AND ALBERT BEUTLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNORS TO BELDEN MANUFACTURING COMIANY, OF (III- OAGO, ILLINOIS, A()ORIORAJION OF ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR DESK-TELEPHONES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed July 2, 1904. Serial No. 215.116.

' carry a writing-pad upon which notes maybe taken and memoranda made,this pad being always held in a convenient position to enable thetelephone user to write thereupon.

Attachments for this purpose have been commonly applied to thosetelephone sets that are ordinarily mounted upon the wall and in somecases also to that class of telephones adapted to use upon desks ortables and commonly known as desk-telephones. When applied to thislatter class of telephones, Writing-pads have been secured thereto insuch manner as to atl'ord an unstable base upon which to write, and,furthermore, appliances of this kind prior toour invention have been ofsuch construction as to involve considerable expense in theirmanufacture, thus preventing their wide adoption.

It is the object of our invention to overcome these defects and also tosecure a means of attachment to the desk-telephone stand which will bereadily adjustable to various types of stands.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention, Figure 1is a complete view of a well-known type of desk-telehone to the stand ofwhich our attachment 15 secured. Fig. 2 is a side view ofour writing-padattachment secured to the pedestal of the desk-stand, the remainingportions of the desk-stand being cut away for convenicnce inillustration. Fig. 3 is a view of the device of our invention less thepaper-pad, its various parts being shown disassembled in order to moreclearly indicate their respeclive functions. Fig. i is a view of thesupporting-rod, upon which the plate for holding the pad is mounted. Fi.5 is a sectional view showing the method of fastening the pad in place.Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the method oi attaching thepad-supporting plate to its supporting-arm.

Referring now to the several figures, A indicates a supportingplate forthe writingpad, and B a' rod serving to support said plate. Theleft-hand end of the rod has a portion 1) bent in the arc of a circle,having approximately the same radius as the base of the (leslvstandpedestal to which it is to be secured. Holes 7), b are drilled orpunched in the straight portion of the rod on each side of the bentportion Z), these holes being of such size as to freely admit the screws(l without engaging their threads.

I) is a clamping member, having the portion d bent in the arc of acircle of similar radius to the bent portion 7) of the rod B. In theclamping member I) are thrcadcd holes d d, adapted to register with theholes I) I) in the piece B and to be engaged by the threaded ends of thescrews C extending therethrough. By means of the clamping membcr D andthe screws the supporting-rod B may be clamped upon a cylindricalportion of the base of the desk-stand pedestal, the screws serving tobind the bent portions of the rod B and the clamping member 1) into firmcontact with said pedestal.

The plate A is secured to the free ends oi the rod B primarily by meansof the rivets E E E, (shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 6,) these rivetspassing thrcugh the holes I)" If IX of the rod B and thn ugh similarholes in the plate A. In order that the plate A may be made to assume asuitable angular pcsiticn to facilitate writing upon it, the red B isgiven a partial twist at the point If, as mcst clearly shown in Figs. 3and 4.

' Two screw-threaded posts F project up wardly from the upper portion ofthe plate A, these posts engaging screw-threaded holes I) b in thesupporting-rod B and corresponding holes in the plate A. After beingthreaded into these holes through both the plate A and the rod B theends of the posts F are upset, as iltf, thus serving to rivet the postsfirmly into the plate A and rod B. This method of construction isadvantageous in that by using the combined thickness of the plate A andthe rod B for support of the posts F a sui'licient thickness of metal issocured to afford a rigid support for said posts. Such suflicientthickness is not found when the plate A alone is used to engage theposts F unless the plate A is made thicker than the other requirementswould dictate. In this construction the portions of the screwthreadedrivet-pests F not screwed and riveted into the plate A and rod B termprojecting members for the convenient attachment of the writing-pad G. i

G is a pad of paper of suitable form, this pad being perforated bycircular holes near its upper edge of such size and such distance apartas .to register with the two upright posts F. The pad G when put inposition upon the plate A is therefore held from lateral movement byposts F and is clamped in place by means of a binding-strip H and twothumb-nuts I, as most clearly shown in the secticnal view of Fig. 5. Bythus securing the pad in place its individual sheets may be torn off,the binding-strip H serving as a guide in tearing the paper. The entirestub may be easily removed and another pad substituted when required. Byfitting the writ-I ing-pad attachment to the base of the desk standpedestal, as shown, a firm foundation upon which to write is secured,whereas with a pad supported from a point near the top of the desk-standedestal, as in previous devices', a lack of rigidity results.

The method we use of clamping the device to the desk-stand pedestal isadaptable to different sizes of pedesta lbases, as the bent portion ofthe supporting-rod B and its auXihary yoke or clamping member D aresufiioiently flexible to permit considerable variation inthe size ofthecylinder they are adapted to clamp between them.

Having described our invention, what we desire to secure by LettersPatent is 1. In an attachment for desk-telephones a plate for supportinga writing-pad, a rod supporting said plate and having its end bent intothe arc of a circle adapted to embrace a portion of the circumference ofthe pedestal of the desk-telephone, a yoke-piece bent into a similararc, screws for clamping said rod and said yoke together around the baseof said pedestal, posts passing throughsaid rod and said plate andriveted upon said rod and having projecting members, a writing-padhaving perforations adapted to be engaged by the projecting members ofsaid posts, and

means for holding said writing-pad upon said posts, substantially asdescribed.

2. In an attachment for desk-telephones, a plate for supporting awriting-pad, a rod riveted to said plate adapted to engage the pedestalof said desk telephone, means for clamping said rod into engagement withsaid pedestal, screw-threaded rivet-posts passing through said rod andsaid plate and riveted int) said red and said plate, a writing-pad, abinding-strip having perforations adapted to be engaged by saidrivetposts, and nuts for said rivet-posts adapted with saidbinding-strip to clamp said pad upon said plate, substantially asdescribed.

3. In combination with a telephone-desk stand, a rod having abentpJrti-cn adapted to engage the pedestal of said stand, a'yoke, alsoadapted to engage said pedestal, screws fcr clamping said r; d and saidybke together around said pedestal, a writing-pad, a plate forsupporting said writingpad riveted to said red, posts for securing saidwriting-pad in place upon said plate, said posts passing through saidplate and said rod and riveted thereto, a binding-strip also perforatedto engage said prsts and nuts adapted to engage screw threads on saidposts for clamping said bindingstrip against said pad, substantially asdescrlbed. I

4. In an attachment for desk-telephonesa rod, means for attaching saidrod to a desktelephone, a plate for suporting a writingpad, rivets forholding said plate on said rod and having projecting members, awritingpad, and clamping means associated with the projecting members ofsaid rivets and adapted to clamp said writing-pad upon said plate,

substantially as described. I

Signed by us at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, in thepresence of two wit- DGSSGS.

JOSEPH O. BELDEN. ALBERT BEUTLER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL G. MOMEEN. E. A. GARLooK.

